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Sociologist predicts drug disasters...

Americans are likely to be exposed to unacceptable side effects of FDA-approved drugs such as Vioxx in the future because of fatal flaws in the way new drugs are tested and marketed, according to research to be presented today at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).

"Drug disasters are literally built into the current system of drug testing and approvals in t...

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12-year-old with HIV applauded at AIDS conference...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Keren Dunaway was 5 when her parents used drawings to explain to her that they both had the HIV virus — and so did she.

Now the 12-year-old is one of the most prominent AIDS activists in Latin America and a rarity in a region where few children are willing to break the silence and tell their classmates they have HIV for fear of rejection. She edits a child...

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